Planning area in Kildare
Naas
Schools in County Kildare in this planning area.
- Schools
- 13
- of 101 in Kildare
- Pupils
- 5,447
- 19% of Kildare's pupils
- Since 2015/16
- −0.8%
- 5,490 pupils in 2015/16
- Average school size
- 419.0
- Kildare: 287.1
- Average class size
- 24.56
- Kildare: 23.56
Trends in Naas
Each year counts the schools in this planning area today, plus any that closed from 2023/24. Dotted lines bridge 1983/84 to 1992/93. 1974/75 is left out because that year's source file is missing five counties.
The Department's files only record planning areas from 2023/24, so schools that closed or amalgamated before then aren't counted in any area. The further back you go, the more pupils are missing, and an amalgamation can look like a sudden rise. Across County Kildare, schools with no planning area had 1.6% of pupils in 2015/16, 5.5% in 2005/06 and 24.2% in 1975/76. Known data issues
Pupils
5,447
−42 on 2024/25
Schools
13
8 in 1975/76
Average pupils per school
419.0
286.8 in 1975/76
Average class size
24.56
−0.47 on 2024/25
Pupils in these schools
Junior infants, girls and boys, and Irish-medium schools over time, for the same schools as the trends above.
Junior infants
Pupils starting school each year. Class-by-class figures start in 2020/21. 683 in 2025/26, +23 on 2024/25.
Girls and boys
From 1976/77: earlier files don't split every school's pupils into girls and boys.
Irish-medium schools
Pupils in schools that teach all subjects through Irish (1 school today). 385 pupils in 2025/26, 7.1% of the area's pupils, against 7.3% in 2015/16. Each school counts under its current classification for every year.
Growing and falling since 2015/16
Each school's change in pupils over 10 years, from 2015/16 to 2025/26. A change of 10% or more either way counts as growing or falling.
12 schools with figures for both years
Schools still filling their classes in 2015/16, and schools opened since, are listed separately.
Sort the table below by the change column to see which schools grew or fell most.
Newer schools
1 school still filling its classes in 2015/16 or opened since, with 364 pupils. It isn’t in the figures above.
- Naas Community National SchoolNaas · opened 2010/11 364
Class sizes
Mainstream class groups only. The source does not identify which standard/year group each class group belongs to.
- Average class size
- 24.56
- Mainstream classes
- 219
- Classes of 30 or more
- 3
- Schools with a class of 30+
- 1
Teachers
Teachers in the 13 mainstream primary schools here, 2006/07 to 2025/26. Class teachers are counted every year; all teaching posts where they're known.
- Class teachers in 2025/26
- 219
- Up 53 since 2006/07, while pupils rose 20%
- Teaching posts in 2025/26
- about 325
- Estimate: 219 class teachers, 16 principals and deputies, 78 special education and 12 special class teachers
- Teachers in 2015/16
- 287
- The Department's last count of every teacher
- Since 2024/25
- 3 / 2
- 3 schools gained a class teacher, 2 lost one
Class teachers since 2006/07
One for each mainstream class, every school year
Special schools and special classes
2 special schools in Naas, and the special classes in its 13 mainstream schools. Special schools aren't counted in the pupils, class sizes or teachers above.
- Pupils in special schools
- 70
- In 2 schools, up from 23 in 2015/16
- Special classes in 2025/26
- 12
- In 8 of 13 schools. 7 in 2020/21
- Allocated for 2026/27
- 15
- In 9 schools: 3 new classes, 1 school with its first
- Autism classes
- 12
- 100% of special classes
Special classes since 2020/21
In Naas's mainstream schools, from the NCSE's yearly lists
- 2020/21 7
- 2021/22 7
- 2022/23 7
- 2023/24 8
- 2024/25 10
- 2025/26 12
- 2026/27 15
2026/27, dashed: allocated for next year.
| Special school | Pupils | Since 2015/16 | Teaching posts | SNAs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craddockstown SchoolKildare · Community special school | 40 | – | 7 | 23 |
| Saplings Special SchoolKill · Autism | 30 |
+30.4%
|
5 | 24 |
Sources: Department of Education enrolment lists; NCSE special class lists and special school allocations (CC BY 4.0).
Schools
13 schools, largest first.
Select a column heading to sort
| Roll number | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S N BrighdeKill | 17662R | 744 |
+13.6%
+19.2%
+74.6%
|
30 | 24.40 | 28 | 0 |
| St Laurences National SchoolSallins | 08099P | 646 |
−5.7%
−8.6%
+19.2%
|
24 | 26.92 | 28 | 0 |
| Scoil BrídNaas | 20114D | 612 |
−7.8%
−13.6%
+1,076.9%
|
24 | 24.75 | 28 | 0 |
| Mercy Convent Primary SchoolNaas | 15040T | 607 |
+13.7%
−13.8%
−28.5%
|
25 | 23.80 | 29 | 0 |
| Scoil ChorbainNaas | 17254C | 460 |
−5.5%
+4.1%
−24.7%
|
20 | 23.00 | 27 | 0 |
| Caragh N SNaas | 18654A | 454 |
−2.6%
−14.8%
+3.7%
|
17 | 26.41 | 30 | 3 |
| An Linbh IosaNaas | 19597T | 401 |
−14.7%
−2.7%
−31.6%
|
17 | 23.24 | 27 | 0 |
| Gaelscoil Nas na RioghAn Nás | 20159C | 385 |
−6.3%
−4.0%
+332.6%
|
16 | 23.81 | 28 | 0 |
| Naas Community National SchoolNaas | 20351R | 364 |
+41.6%
+48.6%
– |
14 | 26.00 | 28 | 0 |
| Ursaille NaofaNaas | 17968S | 236 |
−8.5%
−8.9%
+12.4%
|
10 | 23.60 | 28 | 0 |
| Killashee Multi-Denominational NSNaas | 20087D | 224 |
−10.8%
+26.6%
+19.1%
|
9 | 24.89 | 27 | 0 |
| S N MhuireNaas | 18055B | 216 |
+18.0%
+18.0%
−6.9%
|
9 | 23.33 | 29 | 0 |
| St Davids NSNaas | 11893G | 98 |
+8.9%
+3.2%
+4.3%
|
4 | 23.00 | 24 | 0 |
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